• Africa Brass to debut with party at Blue Nile
New Orleans always has been a melting pot -- and our music shows it. We've spawned everything from the "Spanish tinge" heard in Jelly Roll Morton recordings to the bouncing blend of rap, R&B and parade drumming that booms from subwoofers on back-of-town streets today.

• Concerts
Terry Steele: Here and Now -- Harrah's Theatre, 8 Canal St. The acclaimed songwriter pays tribute to a musical legend with "The Legacy of Luther Vandross," accompanied by a trio of vocalists and a five-piece R&B band, 8 tonight-Sat. Tickets are $25-$35 at the box office 533.6600 or Ticketmaster.

• Nightclubs
Due to Hurricane Gustav, we were unable to confirm each of the events listed. Please call ahead to confirm or visit www.nola.com/entertainment for updates.

• Spare Notes
Voodoo boosts lineup

• SWEDE MUSIC
As of this week, the video of Theresa Andersson's one-woman-band "Na Na Na" has logged 712,262 views and counting on YouTube. From the look of it, the clip cost around $20 to produce. Alone in a corner of her Algiers Point kitchen, Andersson builds a full arrangement by working effects pedals and samplers with her bare feet, even as she sings and swaps out acoustic guitar and violin. It is an impressive bit of sonic choreography.

• Concerts
Downtown Live After 5 -- Courtsquare, downtown Houma. The Downtown Business Association sponsors a public concert with music by Blackened Blues Band, 7-10 tonight. Free. Concessions will be sold. Call 985.873.6408.

• Hot Picks
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• Nightclubs
Andrea's Capri Blu Lounge -- 3100 19th St., Metairie. 834.8583. Mike Morris, 5 Fri, Wed-Thurs; MaryFlynn Duo, 8 Sat.

• Video message is clear: 'We Shall Not Be Moved'
A music video aimed at celebrating unity and hope in New Orleans, while letting others know the city still needs help, will premiere today, with a special screening at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

• A lesson in the lyrics
The musicians gathered around the TV knowing what they were about to see and hear. They had spoken many of the same words themselves, over and over during rehearsals.

• SIMPLY LOVELY
On "River is Waiting," the John Fogerty-penned song that opens Irma Thomas' new "Simply Grand" CD, her voice is as radiant as the lyrics: "The river is waiting, come rise up/A new day is coming, come rise up/We'll be sailing at first light, come gather/Set our course for the crossing together." She continues, "Gonna leave all my sorrows behind me, lift my face to a new day, I'm rising."